Places caitlinhug7 Wants to Go

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.